Election Day is 3 weeks away. The Alliance is here to help with resources, opportunities, events, and timelines so that you have best nonpartisan materials to use in educating your students about the election.

Highlight from the Field

​High school students at Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California debate political issues and practice refutations and counter arguments using topics researched at ProCon.org. Students also write short, anecdotal speeches on issues like military budget increases, private prisons, the impact of tuition-free college on middle class taxpayers, and more. Students link those issues to examine spending trends in the American economy. English teacher Aimiee Gauvreau said, “I switched my entire opening unit to incorporate the Presidential election this year. I committed to it in July, mostly because of the exceptional, unbiased evidence gathered on ProCon.org. I mean it when I say thanks for the inspiration. I have 105 students this year, and all of them are using ProCon.org in general discussion now--not just because I have made them do it for an assignment.”

ALSO . . .

If you can not host a 10/19 Debate Watch event to reach our Suburban Mikva EIA goal of 1,019 students watching the final debate at school events, please consider one of these debate watch options. Please contact the host teacher about specifics. Six teachers have hosted debate watch parties with their students where students watched the debate together and then discussed the content and form of the debates. Two schools are hosting candidate forums for local races where students can learn more about the candidates running and sign up to volunteer to campaign. Contact Jill Bass at jill@mikvachallenge.org for more info.

Featured Resource

ProCon.org has reliable, sourced information on where each presidential candidate stands on 75 important issues. See where the Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican presidential candidates stand.

Did You Know?

Most Millenials are paying attention to the 2016 presidential election, but far fewer to congressional and races. 70% have not been contacted by political campaigns, parties or political organizations at all (CIRCLE - Image courtesy of Odyssey)​